The CWA Short Story Dagger
The Corpse on the Copse by Sharon Bolton from “The Body” Killer Women Crime Club Anthology 2 Edited by Susan Opie (Killer
Women Ltd)
The Last Siege of Bothwell Castle by Chris Brookmyre from Bloody Scotland ( Historic Environment Scotland)
Too Much Time by Lee Child from No Middle Name: The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Stories (Bantam Press)
Second Son by Lee Child from No Middle Name: The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Stories (Bantam Press)
Authentic Carbon Steel Forged by Elizabeth Haynes from Deadlier: 100 of the Best Crime Stories Written by Women Edited by Sophie
Hannah (Head of Zeus)
Smoking Kills by Erin Kelly from “The Body” Killer Women Crime Club Anthology 2 Edited by Susan Opie (Killer
Women Ltd)
Nemo Me Impune Lacessit by Denise Mina from Bloody Scotland (Historic Environment Scotland)
Accounting for Murder by Christine Poulson from Mystery Tour: CWA Anthology of Short Stories Edited by Martin Edwards (Orenda
Books)
Faking a Murder by Kathy Reichs and Lee Child from Match Up Edited by Lee Child (Sphere)
Trouble is a Lonesome Town by Cathi Unsworth from Deadlier: 100 of the Best Crime Stories Written by Women Edited by Sophie
Hannah (Head of Zeus)

The shortlists in all of these
categories will be announced in July, with winners to be declared during a
Dagger Awards dinner in London on Thursday 25 October 2018. Congratulations to all the nominated authors.